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In spite of hardships, Hispanics pin high hopes on life in the US
The case of Alfredo
Alfredo Coronel, a 22-year-old college student who emigrated illegally from Mexico when he was 8, seems to give voice to both the optimism and frustrations.
Coronel, an architecture student at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, Calif., predicts it will be easier for his children to attend college than it's been for him.
"I'm getting all this experience about the system, so they will benefit," he says.
But as an undocumented immigrant, Coronel can't get federal aid or loans, and he'll have trouble finding a good job after school without proper work papers.
"I worry all the time about what will happen when I get out of college," he says. "Every single day."
The poll finds that many Hispanics are engaged in a cultural balancing act, eager to fit in while also striving to preserve their own ethnic identities. Foreign-born Hispanics are more likely to think it's important to change and blend into society than are U.S.-born Hispanics.
Segura said that may be a matter of necessity: Immigrants, especially those who can't speak English, are "more likely to pay a price" if they can't move freely through society. Those who are born here, on the other hand, tend to place more importance on maintaining their distinct cultures.
"It is like I have a foot in both worlds," says 21-year-old Sindy Avila, an undocumented immigrant brought here by her parents as a 1-year-old.
"I make my identity as I go," says Avila, a student at Portland State University.
The poll makes clear the political pressures that Hispanics are feeling as the public debates Arizona's harsh new immigration law and questions are raisedabout the guarantee of citizenship given to babies who are born in the United States to illegal immigrants.
Before the Arizona law passed on April 23, 40 percent of English-dominant poll respondents thought it was important for Hispanics to blend into society. After the law passed, that percentage rose to 55 percent.
The AP-Univision Poll was conducted from March 11 to June 3 by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, using a sample of Hispanic households provided by Nielsen. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Stanford University's participation in the study was made possible by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
© 2012 Univision Communications Inc.
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